Tesla Optimus Gen 3

Canonical robot record

Overview

Tesla Optimus Gen 3 is the third generation of Tesla's humanoid robot program. Tesla characterizes it as its first Optimus design meant for mass production, incorporating major upgrades over the earlier 2.5 version, most notably a redesigned hand. It fits within Tesla's broader effort to extend the real-world AI developed for its vehicles to general-purpose autonomous humanoid robots.

As of Tesla's most recent investor communications, Optimus remains ahead of mass production rather than in customer hands. The company reports that its first large-scale Optimus factory work is being prepared, with first-generation production lines under construction and intended to eventually replace certain vehicle production lines. Tesla frames the program as a multi-year ramp tied to its autonomy and AI infrastructure initiatives.

Tesla has not published official, confirmable hardware specifications such as height, weight, payload, speed, or pricing for the Gen 3 design in the sources reachable here, so those values are intentionally omitted.

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